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Jean Sonneman, 

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Officer, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–92 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2009–N198; 40136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, 

Pope and Yell Counties, AR 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan and environmental 

assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Holla 

Bend National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 

for public review and comment. In this 

Draft CCP/EA, we describe the 

alternative we propose to use to manage 

this refuge for the 15 years following 

approval of the final CCP. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

February 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, questions, 

and requests for information to: Mr. 

Durwin Carter, Holla Bend National 

Wildlife Refuge, 10448 Holla Bend 

Road, Dardanelle, AR 72834; telephone: 

479–229–4300; e-mail: 

durwin_carter@fws.gov. The Draft CCP/ 

EA is available on compact disk or in 

hard copy. The Draft CCP/EA may also 

be accessed and downloaded from the 

Service’s Internet Site: http:// 

southeast.fws.gov/planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mike Dawson, Refuge Planner, Jackson, 

MS; telephone: 601–965–4903, 

extension 20. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for Holla Bend NWR. We started 

the process through a notice in the 

Federal Register on May 17, 2007 (72 

FR 27837). 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), as amended by the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, requires us to 

develop a CCP for each national wildlife 

refuge. The purpose for developing a 

CCP is to provide refuge managers with 

a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge 

purposes and contributing toward the 

mission of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System, consistent with sound 

principles of fish and wildlife 

management, conservation, legal 

mandates, and our policies. In addition 

to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update the CCP at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

Administration Act. 

CCP Alternatives, Including Our 

Proposed Alternative 

We developed four alternatives for 

managing the refuge and chose 

Alternative D as the proposed 

alternative. Each alternative would 

pursue the same four broad refuge 

goals—wildlife, habitat, public use, and 

refuge administration. A full description 

is in the Draft CCP/EA. We summarize 

each alternative below. 

Alternative A—Current Management 

(No Action) 

Alternative A would continue current 

management strategies, with little or no 

change in budgeting or funding. Under 

this alternative, we would protect, 

maintain, restore, and enhance 6,616 

acres of refuge lands and 441 additional 

acres included in a migratory bird 

closure area around the refuge, 

primarily focusing on the needs of 

migratory waterfowl. We would place 

additional emphasis on the needs of 

resident wildlife, migratory non-game 

birds, and threatened and endangered 

species. We would continue cooperative 

farming on 1,200 acres. We would 

continue mandated activities for 

protection of federally listed species. 

Control of nuisance wildlife populations 

would be undertaken as necessary. 

Habitat management efforts would 

concentrate on moist-soil management, 

waterfowl impoundments, and crop 

production. We would continue to 

monitor invasive plants. 

We would maintain the current levels 

of wildlife-dependent recreation 

activities (e.g., hunting, fishing, wildlife 

observation, wildlife photography, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation). We would maintain two 

designated hiking trails, a 10-mile, selfguided auto tour route (for wildlife 

observation and photography), and three 

boat launch ramps with gravel parking 

areas, to the extent that these facilities 

would not substantially interfere with or 


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detract from wildlife conservation. The 

refuge would continue to be closed to 

all migratory bird hunting, but would be 

opened to deer hunting, using archery/ 

crossbow and gun, with the exception of 

a small tract adjacent to the Levee Trail. 

Turkeys, rabbits, squirrels, coyotes, 

beavers, raccoons, and bobcats would 

also be allowed to be taken incidental to 

deer hunting, and on certain designated 

days there would be special hunts for 

raccoons and turkeys. Sport fishing 

would be permitted in all refuge waters 

from March 1 to October 31 each year. 

The refuge would be closed to fishing 

during the winter months to limit 

disturbance of wintering waterfowl 

(except for bank fishing on Long Lake 

from November 1 to February 28). 

Under this alternative, we would 

pursue opportunities that arise to 

purchase or exchange priority tracts 

within the refuge acquisition boundary, 

which include 1,703 acres in private 

ownership distributed in numerous 

small tracts around the perimeter of the 

refuge. 

We would not have a dedicated park 

ranger (visitor services), but staff would 

continue to provide environmental 

education services to the public, 

including limited visits to schools, 

environmental education workshops, 

and on-site and off-site environmental 

education programs. We would 

continue to maintain exhibits in the 

visitor center, a kiosk outside the visitor 

center, and one on the Woodpecker 

Interpretive Trail. 

We would continue to offer 

opportunities for wildlife observation 

and photography throughout the refuge, 

accessible along the refuge road system 

from March 16 to November 14, but 

with the addition of a wildlife 

observation deck next to the visitor 

center. We would maintain a staff of 4, 

including the refuge manager, office 

assistant, maintenance mechanic, and 

equipment operator. We would 

maintain the refuge headquarters, visitor 

center, maintenance building and yard, 

roads, gates, and equipment such as 

road grader, tractors, dozers, and 

backhoe. 

Alternative B—Enhanced Management 

of Habitat and Fish and Wildlife 

Populations 

Alternative B reflects an increase in 

management of habitat and fish and 

wildlife populations. In addition to the 

activities described under Alternative A, 

we would develop baseline inventories 

of biota and habitat potential, including 

inventories of forest conditions, aquatic 

species, and suitable woodcock habitat. 

We would broaden our focus on 

migratory waterfowl to include 

objectives for forest-dwelling and early 

successional birds, shorebirds, 

woodcock, colonial waterbirds, marsh 

birds, and wood ducks. In addition to 

continuing mandated activities for 

protection of federally listed species, we 

would develop a strategy to address 

these threatened and endangered 

species, as well as State-listed rare 

species. We would develop a database 

and monitor deer herd status, trends in 

wild turkey populations, and the 

presence of waterbird rookeries. Data on 

nuisance wildlife would be collected 

and aggressive control measures 

initiated. 

Habitat management would include 

converting 125 acres from agricultural 

production to grassland and scrub/shrub 

habitat. By utilizing force account 

farming, the cropland acreage on the 

refuge would be reduced by 25 percent 

and crops would be converted to 

preferred waterfowl foods. We would 

also aggressively monitor non-native 

plants and implement a plan to 

eliminate them. Enhancements in the 

management of moist-soil habitat would 

include developing complete water 

control capability on all moist-soil acres 

and using periodic disturbance to set 

back succession. Further, we would 

pursue cooperative projects to improve 

habitat quality on about 500 acres of 

open water. Waterfowl usage and 

shorebird response to habitat 

management would be monitored. 

Under this alternative, we would 

pursue opportunities to purchase or 

exchange tracts within the refuge 

acquisition boundary that would 

enhance fish and wildlife management. 

The staff would increase by the addition 

of a biologist, biological science 

technician, and park ranger (law 

enforcement). Wildlife-dependent 

recreation activities would be the same 

as under Alternative A. 

Alternative C—Enhanced Management 

for Wildlife-Dependent Public Uses 

This alternative represents an 

increased focus on wildlife-dependent 

public uses, rather than more emphasis 

on management of fish and wildlife 

populations and habitat as described 

under Alternative B. In addition to the 

activities described under Alternative A, 

we would increase wildlife-dependent 

recreation activities (e.g., hunting, 

fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation). 

The two most significant 

enhancements under this alternative 

would be the development of an 

environmental education center and the 

addition of a park ranger (visitor 

services) to the staff. These 

enhancements would greatly increase 

our capability to conduct environmental 

education and interpretation programs, 

and to better utilize qualified volunteers 

in support of Holla Bend NWR’s 

mission and objectives. In addition to 

the park ranger, the staff would increase 

by the addition of an operations 

specialist and a heavy equipment 

mechanic. One function of the park 

ranger would be to develop a plan for 

recruiting and effectively managing 

volunteer support. 

This alternative would include 

construction of fishing piers at both 

Long Lake and Lodge Lake to be 

accessible by disabled individuals; 

development of a bird observation trail 

north of the refuge office; improvements 

to the Lodge Lake Trail and the loop to 

the Levee Trail; and vegetation 

management along refuge roads to 

improve wildlife viewing opportunities. 

Information kiosks, direction signs, 

parking lots, and other visitor use 

facilities would be improved. Under this 

alternative, we would determine the 

maximum number of archery hunters 

that refuge resources could support, and 

we would open a dove hunting season. 

We would pursue opportunities to 

purchase or exchange tracts within the 

refuge acquisition boundary that would 

enhance the public use program. 

Alternative D—Balanced Enhancement 

of Management for Habitat, Fish and 

Wildlife Populations, and WildlifeDependent Public Uses (Proposed 

Alternative) 

This adaptive management alternative 

is basically concurrent implementation 

of selected enhancements under 

Alternatives B and C, which would 

result in greater benefits to the refuge 

and the surrounding area. For example, 

the baseline biological information 

developed under Alternative B would 

be useful in identifying opportunities to 

improve visitor experiences, and the 

increased volunteer support 

management developed under 

Alternative C would lead to increased 

efficiencies in collecting data on 

biological resources and responses (e.g., 

nuisance and invasive species 

occurrence, deer herd status, and 

evaluation of habitat management 

efforts) identified under Alternative B. 

Habitat management would include 

converting 100 acres from agricultural 

production to grassland and scrub/shrub 

habitat; cooperative farming would 

continue on 1,200 acres. To the extent 

possible, crops would be converted to 

preferred waterfowl foods. We would 

monitor non-native plants and develop 

a strategy to eliminate them. 

Enhancements in the management of 


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moist-soil habitat would include 

developing complete water control 

capability on all moist-soil acres and 

use of periodic disturbance to set back 

succession. Further, the Service would 

pursue cooperative projects to improve 

habitat quality on 500 acres of open 

water. Waterfowl usage and shorebird 

response to habitat management would 

be monitored. 

The two significant enhancements in 

the public use program would be 

development of an environmental 

education center on the refuge and the 

addition of a park ranger (visitor 

services) to the staff. These 

enhancements would greatly increase 

our capability and opportunity to 

conduct environmental education and 

interpretation programs, and to better 

utilize qualified volunteers in support of 

Holla Bend NWR’s mission and 

objectives. One responsibility of the 

park ranger would be to develop a plan 

for recruiting and effectively managing 

volunteer support. Wildlife-dependent 

recreation activities would be the same 

as under Alternative A. 

This alternative would include the 

construction of a fishing pier at Lodge 

Lake to be accessible by disabled 

individuals; development of a bird 

observation trail north of the refuge 

office; improvements to the Lodge Lake 

Trail and the loop to the Levee Trail; 

and selective vegetation management 

along refuge roads to improve wildlife 

viewing opportunities. Information 

kiosks, direction signs, parking lots, and 

other visitor use facilities also would be 

improved to the extent feasible. We 

would determine the maximum number 

of archery hunters that refuge resources 

could support, and we would evaluate 

the feasibility of adding a dove season. 

We would pursue opportunities to 

purchase or exchange priority tracts 

within the refuge acquisition boundary, 

which includes 1,703 acres in private 

ownership distributed in numerous 

small tracts around the perimeter of the 

refuge. 

The staff would include a refuge 

manager, deputy refuge manager, heavy 

equipment operator, and office assistant, 

and would be increased to also include 

a biologist and biological science 

technician, a park ranger (visitor 

services), a park ranger (law 

enforcement), an operations specialist, 

and a heavy equipment mechanic. 

Next Step 

After the comment period ends, we 

will analyze the comments and address 

them. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, Public Law 105–57. 

Dated: October 15, 2009. 

Jacquelyn B. Parrish, 

Acting Regional Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties 

Pursuant to (36 CFR 60.13(b,c)) and 

(36 CFR 63.5), this notice, through 

publication of the information included 

herein, is to apprise the public as well 

as governmental agencies, associations 

and all other organizations and 

individuals interested in historic 

preservation, of the properties added to, 

or determined eligible for listing in, the 

National Register of Historic Places from 

October 19 to October 23, and on 

December 30, 2009. 

For further information, please 

contact Edson Beall via: United States 

Postal Service mail, at the National 

Register of Historic Places, 2280, 

National Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20240; in person (by 

appointment), 1201 Eye St., NW., 8th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20005; by fax, 

202–371–2229; by phone, 202–354– 

2255; or by e-mail, 

Edson_Beall@nps.gov. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

KEY: State, County, Property Name, Address/ 

Boundary, City, Vicinity, Reference 

Number, Action, Date, Multiple Name 

AMERICAN SAMOA 

Western District 

Kirwan, Michael J., Educational Television 

Center, Route 118, N. side of Utulei, Utulei 

vicinity, 09000842, LISTED, 10/23/09 

ALABAMA 

Russell County 

Hurtsboro Historic District, 308–905 Church 

St., 508 Daniel St., 303–407 Dickinson St., 

302–802 Goolsby St., 402–502 Lloyd St., 

242–282 Long St., Hurtsboro, 09000001, 

LISTED, 10/19/09 

FLORIDA 

Hernando County 

Spring Lake Community Center, 4184 Spring 

Lake Hwy., Brooksville vicinity, 09000843, 

LISTED, 10/20/09 (Florida’s New Deal 

Resources MPS) 

FLORIDA 

Orange County 

Rosemere Historic District, Roughly by E. 

Harvard St., N. Orange Ave., Cornell Ave. 

& E. Vanderbilt St., Orlando, 09000844, 

LISTED, 10/21/09 

GEORGIA 

Muscogee County 

Thomas, Alma, House, 411 21st St., 

Columbus, 09000270, LISTED, 10/20/09 

NEVADA 

Clark County 

Berkley Square, Area bounded by Byrnes 

Ave., D St., Leonard Ave., and G St., Las 

Vegas, 09000846, LISTED, 10/23/09 

NEW YORK 

Chenango County 

Mathewson, Holden B., House, 1567 NY 26, 

South Otselic, 09000860, LISTED, 10/23/09 

NEW YORK 

Columbia County 

Van Rensselaer, Conyn, House, 644 Spook 

Rock Rd., Claverack vicinity, 09000861, 

LISTED, 10/20/09 

NEW YORK 

Dutchess County 

Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower, S. 

Beacon Mtn., Beacon vicinity, 09000862, 

LISTED, 10/23/09 

NEW YORK 

Onondaga County 

Barber, Peale’s, Farm Mastodon Exhumation 

Site, Rt. 17K, Montgomery vicinity, 

09000863, LISTED, 10/20/09 

NORTH CAROLINA 

Dare County 

Midgett, Rasmus, House, 25438 NC Hwy 12, 

Waves, 09000847, LISTED, 10/21/09 

OHIO 

Erie County 

Feick Building, 158–160 E. Market St., 

Sandusky, 09000848, LISTED, 10/22/09 

OHIO 

Geauga County 

ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, 9639 

Kinsman Rd., Materials Park, 09000849, 

LISTED, 10/22/09 


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